I am a bit late to this one, but I wouldn't know how to define "underrated" as it would usually be a claim made from someone with limited experience whereas someone with a longer trial period may have explored the possibilities and competencies further, using varying bullets over a range of game.
Having said that, I think every cartridge is good for a range of uses abut again with more experience, you may "prefer" the competencies displayed by an alternate cartridge.
A comparison within my experience would be the 7.62x39 Vs the .30/06. A more obvious comparison perhaps and a lesser difference would be, the 6.5x55 Vs .270 or the .375 H&H vs the .416 Remington. Bias one way or the other would still result in similar field performance and capability.
Underrated, I'd tend to side with BobinNH on the .30/06 as appropriate to my own thinking. The interesting thing is that I avoided it for about 20 years as it was slow and boring compared to the magnums I preferred.
Maybe, just maybe, they are overrated compared to the .30/06?
John
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